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War Over Innocence

The refinery was the last place they’d look for the remaining people. What happens when your government kills it’s own people but blames others countries or things. The refinery was massive with many bridges, corridors and floors. We ran up and down the corridors until we heard the sound of “them” moving into the refinery. They were going to either shoot us where we stand, or kidnap us and torture us. Why are they doing this? Simply put, they want to go to war with another country that the people of this country don’t want. They have to find something to justify the war. I didn’t hear further movement from them. I looked over a stairwell and down three flights, they were rigging the refinery with explosives. I had to cover my mouth not to scream. I ran back to tell the others. There was no way out, they locked the gates at the north, east and south ends. They were exiting through the west gate, and were sure to lock it. Money over innocent lives, that’s the way things work.

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